A 19-year-old Arkansas man is accused of smothering his infant daughter, then trying to revive her by shocking her.

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According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Tyler Buchanan has been charged with murder in the June 12 death of his 2-month-old Paisley.

Police were called to a Van Buren home in the early morning for a report of an unconscious baby. The child was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

According to a probable cause affidavit, Buchanan initially told officers that he fed the girl around 5:30 a.m. and went back to sleep. When he awoke, he said, he discovered she wasn't breathing.

That's when he attempted to "shock the child's heart using an extension cord that was cut," according to the document.

Buchanan later admitted to holding the child's head against his shoulder to keep her from breathing. He told officers the girl was screaming and he was trying to get her to stop so he could sleep.

"I believe this is the worse kind of call that an officer can respond to," Detective Jonathan Wear said. "I've been in law enforcement a long time and I've never heard a story remotely like this."

"However, the evidence is consistent with the fact that he did use something to try and shock the baby," Wear added. "We can't even explain why something like this would occur, why somebody would make a decision to do something like that, there's no way to explain it."

If convicted of capital murder, Buchanan could face the death penalty or life in prison. He remained in the Crawford County jail Tuesday in lieu of $1 million bond.